iand61

Sorry but with me being the eternal pessimist when it comes to snow, I’m still expecting someone else to end up pinching this from right under our noses at the last minute.

I’m sure with our crap climate, hunting for snow counts as essential travel.

Looks like our region could be in the sweet spot for some heavy snow later in the week. still time for changes to specifics, or downgrades as we call them in our part of the country but it’s looking good for now and probably the first time since before lockdown that those darn sarf would sell their granny for what the Northwest is inundated with.

At 2000 feet it should be cold enough for snow in any showers around later in the week but interestingly Thursday is showing snow for me which, although still high for a populated area is only half as high ASL so at least the hills should have some festive white on them by the end of the coming week. just need to wait for operation downgrade to commence now.

This time next week the moon will be shining down on thick snow........hopefully

Opened the curtains to the same grotty weather than we closed them to yesterday. what a let down from a weekend that at least promised some usable weather for putting outside Christmas lights up. never mind though it certainly won’t be the first time I’ve been wet this year and it probably won’t be the last.

Yep, damp first thing but then light rain and drizzle throughout the day since and it never really got light. as you say Yuk

Great to see yet another weekend day ruined by weather which can be only described as crap.

Let’s hope so. I know cold, snowy weather doesn’t suit everyone but it would be a lot feel a lot more festive and if severe enough may even override Boris’s ego and shut the damn schools early and help get the Coronavirus figures down. As for the current; it’s a cloudy, damp, breeze start here. not festive but certainly in sync with the time of year and current feel of things.

What the Pennine tops get is low cloud rather than fog but it’s a similar situation around here as well. 3 or 4 miles lower down the valley gets a lot more fog than we do and half a mile up the road and 3 hounded feet higher is often shrouded in cloud when it clear at home.

Usually fog is something we don’t get a lot of here as we are way up the valley with the fog tending to settle lower down towards the northern edge of Manchester and the warning area pretty well sums it up. TBH I always feel a bit disappointed when I see a weather warning and then find out it’s for fog or ice; a bit like being offered a can of beer and then finding its supermarket own brand crap

Going to school in the highest town in Lancashire during the late 60’s and throughout the 70’s there were days where heavy snow meant that those who relied on buses could finish early but us who only relied on feet alone always stopped until the death. i can’t remember having a single day off due to bad weather but times and attitudes change so during a particularly snowy spell in Jan 2010 my daughter had a full week off from high school.

I agree but I’m beginning to think that one of the more unusual symptoms of lockdown and to much time in the house is thinking that Christmas trees and lights can go up far to early. it’s certainly had that effect on my missus as she used to be in the up Christmas Eve and back down Boxing Day camp but not this year. at least she’s held back from switching the damn things on yet

Some around here usually start in October but we’ve always been first week in December and then back in their boxes first week in Jan. that said bonfire night seems to start around the summer solstice these days

Finally stopped here about 3 o’clock but never really brightened. it not often we get a quick clearance from a front though, it seems to stick to the tops so everything remains damp long after the rain stops but at least it has and hopefully Sunday promises the weather for the outside job I really wanted to sort today. never mind, at least we spent the time putting the Christmas trees up....in November. sorry but not my idea...........bah humbug

Same here in East Lancs, started about mid morning and not stopped since......depressing

A thoroughly depressing days weather. not much else to say really but the weekend promises something a bit better, just hope it delivers on its promises.

Can’t wait for the shortest day and the slow return to lighter nights. IMO it’s the worst thing about winter, even worse than endless mild and wet when it could be cold and snowy.

It’s a bit damp outside at the moment

We had a bit of sunshine a while back but it’s mainly showery here and raining at at the moment.

I suppose it’s a bit more seasonal though.

Beefy squally showers coming through here at the moment, setting the scene for what is looking like a day of frequent showers and only limited dry and bright. a day for inside jobs I imagine

Thankfully Dennis didn’t dump as much on us as Ciara did but I know other parts suffered quite badly. it was certainly a wet couple of weeks and I hope to god that this winter doesn’t follow the same theme although the default for recent years seems to be plenty of rain but little snow and frost.

I suppose it very much depends on where you live but in my part of the country the Boxing Day 2015 floods (storm Eva I think) would be up there as the biggest storm weather event since they started naming them. It brought horrendous flooding across Lancashire and West Yorkshire although in my town the flooding from Storm Ciara was probably worse even though the rainfall total was less than the 125mm we got on Boxing Day. question Nick, am I correct that it was Ciara as I thought it was in early February but your saying January. either way it was a bit moist as we say in these parts with the gale force wind blowing the rain through the barge boards until it dripped through the ceiling at one stage.

Yeah feels very mild outside today, actually feels colder in the house but at least there’s no heating on. as you say, looking at lot cooler by next weekend, just hope it can deliver a covering of snow rather than the usual wishbone we always seem to get from a cold northerly but even a few dry seasonal days with a sharp overnight frost and cold days would make a change from wet and mild muck.